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The decease toll successful the illness of an unauthorised hoarding successful Bhubaneswar’s Khandagiri country roseate to 2 aft different injured idiosyncratic succumbed to injuries successful the hospital, constabulary said connected Wednesday (February 25, 2026).
Two others, including a woman, are battling for life, they said.
Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi announced an ex-gratia of ₹4 lakh to the families of the deceased.
The incidental occurred connected Tuesday evening (February 24, 2026) erstwhile thunderstorms accompanied by dense rainfall and gusty winds lashed the city.
Several commuters had taken structure astatine a tiny roadside store erstwhile a ample robust hoarding down it collapsed owed to beardown winds, constabulary said.
One idiosyncratic died connected the spot, portion a 19-year-old antheral who was trapped nether the debris was rescued and rushed to Capital Hospital, wherever helium succumbed precocious astatine night, they said.
Two different critically injured persons are undergoing attraction astatine AIIMS-Bhubaneswar, constabulary said.
The deceased were identified arsenic Surendra Gouda of Aska successful Ganjam territory and Sachidananda Pradhan, a assemblage pupil from the Dumduma country of the city.
Following Pradhan’s death, his neighbours blocked National Highway-16 adjacent Dumduma, demanding justice. The protestation led to monolithic postulation congestion connected the engaged road connecting Kolkata and Chennai. Later, aft the involution of the police, the protestors withdrew the roadworthy blockade.
“The hoarding was successful a dilapidated information but was not removed. A invaluable beingness has been mislaid owed to negligence. Those liable indispensable beryllium arrested,” a protesting pistillate said.
Another protester demanded capable compensation from the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), alleging negligence connected its part.
BMC Commissioner Chanchal Rana said the hoarding was illegally erected by a backstage agency.
“We person written to the constabulary to registry an FIR against the company,” helium said.
Mr. Rana said the civic assemblage has initiated steps to region each amerciable hoardings crossed the metropolis wrong a month, informing that transgression cases would beryllium filed against those installing unsafe structures successful nationalist places.
He said the BMC has requested the authorities authorities to authorisation compensation for the families of the deceased from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund (CMRF).
“We person besides urged the territory collector to instrumentality indispensable steps to authorisation ex-gratia from the bureau of the Special Relief Commissioner (SRC), arsenic the deaths occurred during a thunderstorm and rain,” helium said.
The CM expressed grief implicit the decease of 2 persons successful the incidental and announced an ex-gratia of ₹4 lakh to the adjacent of kin of the 2 deceased men from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund.
